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Antarctica: wild continent of snow, ice and, increasingly, women | Antarctica

For almost as long as the continent has been known of, Antarctica, a wild, white expanse of ice shelves, glaciers and mountainous ridges at...

Brought to book: how a bonkbuster can help the PM’s PR | Stephanie Merritt

What is it with the Tories and bonkbusters? When they’re not writing their own, they’re coyly briefing on their love for the genre. Last...

What lies beneath: meet the real life metal detectorists | Roman Britain

Lucie Gray, 31, LincolnshireSet up Roman Found on InstagramWe almost started it as a joke in the garden during lockdown. My cousin, Ellie, bought...

‘You sometimes feel like Noah’: the London zoo team bidding to save doomed species | Endangered species

News that a Socorro dove in London Zoo had produced a hatchling two weeks ago provoked joyous celebrations among conservationists. Zenaida graysoni is extinct...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Zelenskiy arrives in Berlin after Germany announces further €2.7bn of military aid | Ukraine

Zelenskiy arrives in Berlin for first visit since Russia's invasionUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy landed in Berlin overnight as he seeks to shore up support...

Trump rages after sexual abuse verdict but legal woes have only just begun | Donald Trump

If the outcome of Donald Trump’s sexual assault trial wasn’t a foregone conclusion, his response to a jury finding he attacked the writer E...

Sunak food summit promises star guest and lots of rhubarb | Food & drink industry

Farmers throwing in the towel amid soaring costs and labour shortages and falling domestic production of some foods have resulted in repeated gaps on...

Israel Folau: new documentary charts rise and fall of rugby star four years on | Israel Folau

With four months until the World Cup, the forces of Australian rugby are uniting. An exciting crop of players were taken into camp last...

AI voice synthesising is being hailed as the future of video games – but at what cost? | Artificial intelligence (AI)

When the epic open-world PlayStation 4 game Red Dead Redemption 2 was developed in 2013, it took 2,200 days to record the 1,200 voices...

Ten-pound poms: ‘the invisible migrants’ who made Australia their home | Australian immigration and asylum

Sylvia Brady does not romanticise the state of her life as a newlywed in northern England in 1959.“We’d get up in the morning and...

White Cliffs NSW: where life is lived underground and the desert ‘does all sorts of strange things’ | New South Wales holidays

Sonia Hyland is underground on a treadmill. There are no windows and no one can hear her blasting Florence + the Machine.She’s in a...

Leicester’s relegation battle is a harsh maths lesson for all mid-table clubs | Leicester City

All life, Valeriy Lobanovskyi once said, is a number. Which might have made sense for the groundbreaking Dynamo Kyiv manager, with his high-school medal...

The series of poor decisions that sent Saints marching out of Premier League | Southampton

They say fortune favours the brave. Not always, as Southampton have discovered to their detriment. Relegation to the Championship ends a largely positive 11-year...

Membership of anti-monarchy group Republic almost doubles in wake of coronation arrests | Republicanism

The anti-monarchy group Republic’s membership has almost doubled in a week, following the high-profile arrest of its chief executive, Graham Smith, during last weekend’s...

Tory anarchy breaks out as revolt looms on Brexit laws | Conservatives

Rishi Sunak was losing control of an increasingly anarchic Tory party on Saturday as former cabinet ministers openly criticised the direction of policy under...

Notts County beat Chesterfield in playoff to return to Football League | Vanarama National League

What an emotional rollercoaster for Notts County’s long-suffering supporters. But after twice seeing their side battle back from the jaws of defeat thanks to...

Eurovision 2023 live: Liverpool set to host song contest on behalf of Ukraine | Eurovision 2023

Eurovision 2023 – tonight's running orderHere is your running order for tonight, which the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) have handily put on a social...

Awoniyi and Sterling both double up as Nottingham Forest save point at Chelsea | Premier League

At the end, Nottingham Forest did not know whether to celebrate the comeback or rue their wastefulness. This was only their seventh away point...

Going up a level: a former lacemaker’s home in Nottingham gets an upgrade | Interiors

This Victorian maisonette is brimming with punch. Think bright, bold palettes, a flair for pattern clashing, and textures that are tempting to touch. The...

Chesterfield v Notts County: National League playoff final – live | Football

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureSpeaking to BT Sport before the match, Paul Cook, the Chesterfield manager, is...

Manchester United v Wolves, Chelsea v Nottingham Forest, and more – live | Football

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureManchester United v Wolves line-upsManchester United: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Varane, Shaw; Casemiro,...

Leeds United v Newcastle United: Premier League – live | Premier League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature41 min: Time and space for Ayling down the right. He’s got Rodrigo...

Rangers v Celtic: Scottish Premiership – live | Scottish Premiership

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureIt’s time for Beale to give his thoughts on the game. “It’s a...

Simon Schama on the broken relationship between humans and nature: ‘The joke’s on us. Things are amiss’ | Epidemics

In March 2021, the 13th month of the Covid confinement, the peepers, in their vast multitudes, sang out again. Down in the swampy wetlands...

‘I was a bad child actor. Extremely bad’: Emma Cline on the follow up to her hit novel The Girls | Fiction

Emma Cline is a writer who seemed to hit her stride straight out of the gate. Her bestselling 2016 debut The Girls, which told...

As a Ukrainian musician and a combat paramedic, the UK’s Eurovision efforts have lifted my heart | Taras Topolia

Life before war broke out in my home country of Ukraine feels like a distant memory. Before, I was frontman of the band Antytila....

Russia-Ukraine war live: Russian retreat in Bakhmut highlights ‘shortage of credible combat units’, say UK officials | Ukraine

Russian retreat in Bakhmut highlights 'shortage of credible combat units', says UK MoDUkrainian forces have regained at least a kilometre of territory in Bakhmut...

TV tonight: it’s finally time for the biggest party of the year! | Television & radio

Eurovision Song Contest 20238pm, BBC OneLeaving the coronation in the shade, the real UK event of the year is finally here – it’s Eurovision,...

Cyclone Mocha threatens world’s largest refugee camp on Myanmar-Bangladesh border | Myanmar

Tropical cyclone Mocha intensified to become “very dangerous”, the World Meteorological Organisation has said, warning of violent winds, floods and possible landslides in Bangladesh...

Women’s FA Cup: sold-out Wembley establishes final as national ritual | Women’s FA Cup

Wembley played in the Women’s FA Cup final long before the Women’s FA Cup final was ever played at Wembley. In 1997 the amateur...

Leeds complete stunning comeback win at Wigan despite Tetevano’s early red | Super League

Leeds defied the dismissal of the forward Zane Tetevano to produce a remarkable comeback victory at second-placed Wigan Warriors and potentially reignite their stuttering...

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis | Ukraine

Putin recycles old grievances on Victory DayRussia launched a fresh wave of drone, missile and airstrikes on cities across Ukraine this week, as Moscow...

Eton v Harrow: Father Time draws near for annual schoolboy Lord’s jolly | MCC

They were the last hurrahs for Eton v Harrow at Lord’s, loud enough that you could hear them from way down Wellington Road. From...

Chelsea’s strength in adversity holds key to more Women’s FA Cup glory | Women’s FA Cup

Heading into May, the gap between the Women’s Super League leaders, Manchester United, and second-placed Chelsea was four points and United had a goal...

Voldemort in charge of the Death Star: the glorious prospect of Mourinho at PSG | José Mourinho

What are they going to say about him? That he was a kind man? That he was a wise man? That he had plans?...

Gerald Rose obituary | Books

The illustrator Gerald Rose, who has died aged 87, was the youngest winner of the Kate Greenaway medal for children’s book illustration, in 1960....

Downing Street downtime: how prime ministers like to relax | Rishi Sunak

Painting buses, reading bonkbusters and playing tennis against a machine, are just a few of the ways British prime ministers have said they unwind...

Talking Horses: Saffie Osborne lifts Chester Cup in rookie season | Horse racing

Saffie Osborne, who is in her first season as a fully-fledged professional having ridden out her claim in November, landed the most valuable success...

‘Disgraceful breach of trust’: how PwC, one of the world’s biggest accountancy firms, became mired in a tax scandal | PwC

“In the depths of winter 2015, an Australian tax specialist adopted the language of a spy. “For your eyes only,” he wrote, while emailing...

Moyes admits ‘good chance’ Rice leaves West Ham; Haaland and Kerr land FWA awards: football news – live | Football

Moyes admits Rice may leave West Ham this summerThese quotes, via the BBC’s Simon Stone, come from after Thursday’s Conference League semi-final with AZ. ...

The Shard to provide backdrop in vertiginous Daisy Ridley thriller | The Shard

It is western Europe’s tallest building, and a modern staple of the 21st-century London skyline. Now the Shard will take centre stage in a...

Tories have ‘completely lost control’ of UK migration numbers, says Starmer – politics live | Politics

Starmer claims government has 'lost control' of overall migration numbersYesterday the Financial Times reported that migration figures due out later this month are expected...

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup | Science fiction books

The Ferryman by Justin Cronin (Orion, £22)The new novel from the author of The Passage could hardly be more different in tone and setting...

‘It’s a failure of the system’: before Jordan Neely was killed, he was discarded | Jordan Neely

Ten years before he was killed on the New York subway, Jordan Neely had a stable routine.Every morning, he would walk across the Washington...

He was six when police bombed Move – now he’s making the site a memorial | Philadelphia

The last time Mike Africa Jr stepped across the threshold of 6221 Osage Avenue in Philadelphia was almost four decades ago, when he was...

‘Beyond expectation’: Nintendo’s latest Zelda title launches to critical acclaim | Nintendo Switch

If university lecture halls and offices looked a little quiet on Friday, it may be down to Nintendo.The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the...

Trace Lysette: ‘I can count on one hand the times I’ve seen a film with a trans person as lead’ | Film

“I feel proud that we made a piece of art that trusts the audience,” Trace Lysette told me about her new film Monica, in...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow denies Wagner claims of Bakhmut breakthrough by Ukraine | Ukraine

Moscow denies reports Ukraine has broken through front linesRussia’s defence ministry has denied reports that Ukrainian forces had broken through in various places along...

‘I must work. I can’t cry’: capturing Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian civilians | Ukraine

When the barrage began, Dmytro Pletenchuk was outside Kherson railway station. A shell set fire to a train evacuating civilians. Another plunged into the...

Sudan: warring sides commit to protect civilians and allow aid in but fail to agree ceasefire | Sudan

Sudan’s warring parties have signed a commitment to protect civilians but have not yet agreed to a ceasefire in talks described by US diplomats...